I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.
I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision
But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.
But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.
Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.
I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.
And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.
For me, Duke was personal. I hated Duke. And I hated everything I felt Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited black players that were Uncle Toms.
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.
Everyone has a self-destructive nature in them. It's whether you feed it or not. You don't have to be a pop star to feel connected to destruction or self-destruction. But self-destruction is self-obsession, and self-obsession is not really possible if you're engaged in raising children. And if you have a spiritual life, you're constantly being asked to see yourself as one small fragment in the bigger picture.
If you know me so well, tell me which hand that I use.